The gentle art took a brutal turn last night as a brawl broke out “BJJ Stars: Black belt Edition” in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
In the main event of the evening, ADCC champion Felipe Pena faced off with IBJJF world champion Erberth Santos. Despite an innocuous start to proceedings, things took a turn for the worse when Santos claimed to be injured during a Pena sweep attempt. The match was called off and amidst the injury call, Santos got into a war of words with one of the attendees, who is reported as being Pena’s black belt Daniel Thebit (h/t Jiu Jitsu Times).